Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Lord Wei had no time to care about the second young lady. He exchanged glances with his lawyer, and the two of them understood each other and immediately came up with an idea.

"Manager Niu of Chengxinfang, you first spread rumors maliciously and then refused to admit it. Since this is your first offense, I have decided to slap you fifty times and fine you one hundred taels of silver as a warning to others."

Lord Wei shouted loudly to Shopkeeper Niu and the people outside the hall.

"Court adjourned." The lawyer shouted immediately, and all the yamen runners shouted "mighty" in unison. The rumor-mongering case that had caused a lot of uproar came to an end.

Shopkeeper Niu didn't even have a chance to defend himself, but fortunately, the incident did not ultimately affect His Royal Highness Prince An and the Bachelor's Mansion, so Shopkeeper Niu naturally did not dare to protest and could only accept it.

When Sang Mo told Gu Xunwei about this, he asked in confusion, "Actually, if we let them spread the news, it wouldn't have much impact on us. Why did Madam Xie insist on stopping them from spreading the news?"

"In order to undermine the enemy's morale and cut off their channels for spreading information." Gu Xunwei did not have a trace of joy after the victory, but her face was solemn.

When Sang Mo heard this, he immediately became serious, and his previous happiness disappeared. "What, Madam Xie has a backup plan?"

Sure enough, Gu Xunwei nodded, and the highlight was about to begin.

"Now that we have all the information channels in our hands, we have begun to make real moves. Starting tonight, all the news spread in teahouses and taverns will be about the housewarming party of Mr. Xie, Gu Qiongsi's Louwailou, and their joint efforts to murder his wife and father-in-law."

Sang Mo didn't understand. "Hasn't everyone known about these things before? Many people have discussed this matter. What is Mrs. Xie thinking?"

Are you trying to make these things bigger?

"Doesn't Prince An want to use them? Especially since Gu Qiongsi has been running to Prince An's mansion these past two days. If nothing unexpected happens, Xie Cheng'an should also serve Prince An in the future. Once this news is promoted, they will definitely be eliminated by Prince An in the first place."

"Gu Qiongsi thought of using other information to suppress this information and reduce the negative impact on them, but we can't let them do what they want and we have to tie Master Qingzhu to Gu Qiongsi."

When Gu Xunwei said these words, all she could see was the way the two of them had teamed up to kill her and her parents in the previous life, Gu Qiongsi's smiling face, and Xie Chengan's cold words.

In this life, no matter what, she would never give them a chance to turn things around.

Even if Gu Qiongsi did not have such an idea, Gu Xunwei would not allow the news to be suppressed by her own news.

Gu Qiongsi was still unaware of what was happening outside. He was still waiting in the reception room of Prince An's mansion with Wen Jiaxiang and others, waiting for Prince An to send Wang Zhuo away so that they could continue their discussions. They waited until the lights came on.

At this moment, the butler suddenly came in in a hurry, with an anxious look on his face. Seeing that the four of them were drinking tea leisurely, he turned around and wanted to leave, wanting to go to the conference room to find Li Junze.

But he was stopped by Gu Qiongsi, "Butler, Mr. Wang is with His Highness now, so you should wait a moment before going in."

The housekeeper turned around, glanced at her, said nothing, and walked out.

It was this last glance that immediately gave Gu Qiongsi a bad feeling in his heart. Perhaps, what the butler wanted to report was related to him.

Before she could think about it any further, a servant came to report that someone was looking for Gu Qiongsi outside Prince An's Mansion.

She followed the servant and hurried to the gate of the mansion, where she saw Shuangrui waiting for her anxiously.

"Auntie," Shuang Rui took two quick steps to Gu Qiongsi's side before she could even get close to him, and lowered his voice and said, "It's bad. People in the teahouse are already spreading rumors about the housewarming party, your stay at Louwailou, and Master Mingluo."

"What? When did this happen?" Gu Qiongsi was shocked. How could this happen?

She was still secretly delighted today. The news was spreading everywhere. No matter whether it could play a role or how big a role it played, her goal had been achieved. At the very least, in two days, she and Xie Chengan should be able to come to Prince An's Mansion to work.

If I accomplish this, my words will have some weight in Jianjiayuan.

But now, such a thing happened.

"Just a little while ago, the storytellers in the restaurants and teahouses seemed to have discussed it beforehand and started talking about those things."

Shuangrui received Xie Chengan's order and hurried over to report the news.

Those news had been spread before, but they were just discussed in private. Now that they were brought to the surface, they immediately caused more people to talk about them.

Even though the storytellers changed the names of the people and the places where the events took place, everyone could still tell who the events in the books were about.

After all, there were many people who knew about these things, especially the last one, they were all imprisoned in the Dali Temple together.

Before Gu Qiongsi could react, the butler behind him came over and said to Gu Qiongsi with a suspicious look, "Mr. Qingzhu, His Highness invites you."

After hearing these words, Gu Qiongsi already knew that these were the things the housekeeper should have reported just now.

She followed the housekeeper to a side hall, where only Li Junze was waiting for her.

"After all this trouble, you're still back to square one. You should go home and live a peaceful life for a while." After all, Li Junze still admired Gu Qiongsi's abilities, so he didn't say anything harsh.

Gu Qiongsi closed her eyes. She still didn't want to give up, so she said to Li Junze, "Your Highness, Qingzhu wants you to find someone to help find out who spread the news. Qingzhu has the ability to bring him down."

Li Junze's mind moved, but considering that his grandfather was still waiting for him in the conference room and what his grandfather had said to him, he did not nod in the end.

"Qingzhu, whether you admit it or not, there is no turning back. Even if you know who the other party is, what can you do? After all, these things really happened, and you can't even condemn the other party for spreading rumors."

Li Junze's words made Gu Qiongsi unconsciously take two steps back. She had already felt His Royal Highness Prince An's attitude towards this matter.

"Qingzhu can go to Jingzhao Prefecture and beat the drum to report the incident like Yu Sicong did. Even if these things are true, it is inappropriate to make them public." Gu Qiongsi still fought for it.